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A new study shows substance abuse rates higher in teenagers with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. The results, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, revealed high substance abuse and cigarette use rates by adolescents with ADHD histories relative to those without.
Researchers from the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine and six other health centers across the United States have also found that, contrary to previous findings, current medications for ADHD do not counter the risk for substance abuse and substance use disorder among teenagers. This study is the first to examine teenage substance abuse and treatment for ADHD in a large, multi-site sample. It also is the first to recognize that increased use of cigarettes in teenagers with ADHD histories commonly occurs with use of other substances such as alcohol and marijuana.
“This study underscores the significance of the substance abuse risk for both boys and girls with childhood ADHD,” said Brooke Molina, PhD, professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and lead author of the report, in a prepared media statement. “These findings also are the strongest test to date of the association between medication for ADHD and teenage substance abuse.”
...Male sperm damaged by working with toxic solvents at the machine shop or substance abuse in the father’s earlier years before he meets mother’s genetic coupling could result in an inherited tendency or susceptibility to ADHD.
I think we are going to see a lot more information about Dad's contributions stemming from substance abuse because that knowledge has been evolving in the background. We are all aware of the issues that stem from Mom's substance abuse.
Researchers from the University of Pittsburg School of Medicine and six other health centers across the United States have also found that, contrary to previous findings, current medications for ADHD do not counter the risk for substance abuse and substance use disorder among teenagers. This study is the first to examine teenage substance abuse and treatment for ADHD in a large, multi-site sample. It also is the first to recognize that increased use of cigarettes in teenagers with ADHD histories commonly occurs with use of other substances such as alcohol and marijuana.
“This study underscores the significance of the substance abuse risk for both boys and girls with childhood ADHD,” said Brooke Molina, PhD, professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and lead author of the report, in a prepared media statement. “These findings also are the strongest test to date of the association between medication for ADHD and teenage substance abuse.”
...Male sperm damaged by working with toxic solvents at the machine shop or substance abuse in the father’s earlier years before he meets mother’s genetic coupling could result in an inherited tendency or susceptibility to ADHD.
Teen Substance Abuse Rates Higher With ADHD | Healthy Living Magazine
A new study shows substance abuse rates higher in teenagers with attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.
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I think we are going to see a lot more information about Dad's contributions stemming from substance abuse because that knowledge has been evolving in the background. We are all aware of the issues that stem from Mom's substance abuse.
